WORLD HISTORY

COLD WAR ERA

IMPACT OF COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent”-Winston Churchill This statement was Churchill’s reaction to the
A
final defeat of Germany’s armies during WWII
B
Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe after WWII
C
German invasion of Russia during WWII
D
creation of NATO after WWII
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Then, on March 5, 1946, at Westminster College in Fulton, Churchill’s famous words “From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent, ” ushered in the Cold War and framed the geo-political landscape for the next 50 years.

Detailed explanation-2: -On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill gave a speech declaring that an “iron curtain” had descended across Europe, pointing to efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Europan countries which were considered to be “behind the Iron Curtain” included: Poland, Estearn Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania and the Soviet Union.

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